Excerpt from Mamma's Tales, or Pleasing Stories of Childhood: Adapted to the Infant Mind<br><br>Lucy was a very good girl, and seldom did any thing to vex her parents; but Jane would pout and scream for the least trifle. She never went into the fields, but a fly, or some other harmless insect, was sure to alarm her, and send her home crying in great terror. It was in vain that Lucy, from time to time, tried to convince Jane of the folly of being so timid; Jane grew worse every day.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.